Clause 15

by deleting the words “the registrar or deputy registrar” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “the registrar or a deputy registrar”;

by deleting the words “No officer of the Court or any other person expressly authorised by the Court charged with the duty of executing any writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process of the Court shall be” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “An officer of the Court or an Appeal Board, or any other person expressly authorised by the Court or Appeal Board, charged with the duty of executing any writ, summons, warrant, order, notice or other mandatory process of the Court or Appeal Board, as the case may be, is not”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(4) A child representative appointed to represent the interests of a child in any proceedings involving the child, or the custody and welfare of the child, is not liable to be sued for an act done by the child representative for the purposes of those proceedings, or any mediation or other alternative dispute resolution process related to those proceedings, if the act —

was done in good faith; and

did not involve any fraud or wilful misconduct.(5) Where an individual (being a registered medical practitioner, psychologist, counsellor, social worker or mental health professional) is appointed by the Court to examine or assess a child for the purposes of preparing expert evidence for use in any proceedings involving the custody or welfare of that child, the individual is not liable to be sued for an act done by the individual for the purposes of the examination or assessment, or the preparation of the expert evidence for use in those proceedings, if the act —

was done in good faith; and

did not involve any fraud or wilful misconduct.”.